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2012/04
Regional Aquatic
Workshop
Chicago, USA

The Shedd Aquarium, in Chicago, was 2012's host of the Regional Aquatic Workshop, and what a killer meeting we had in the Windy City!

April 2012 Inspired by the Supertramp song, we started our stay in the U.S.A. with a wholesome breakfast consisting of eggs benedict, potatoes, fruit (we don't want the arteries clogging up on our first day, right?), coffee, ice-water and freshly squeezed orange juice. Add a good book and some paper for taking notes on our multiple chores and life simply doesn't get any better.
April 2012
April 2012 This year's RAW meeting was held by the good people from the Shedd Aquarium in the Windy City, with its extraordinary  architecture, such as the almighty John Hancock building.
April 2012
April 2012 This year Flying Sharks delivered the talk "The Mother of all longterm transports: be afraid, be VERY afraid". As you might have guessed, the talk discussed the trials and tribulations the team endured while preparing for the mammoth double charter that flew 3.100 animals to Istanbul in December 2010. We've said it many times before but we'll say it again: we lost 3 animals in that transport, which yields a survival rate of 99,9%. As far as we know, that's pretty much a world record.
April 2012
April 2012 Meetings aren't only about work and no play so Flying Sharks and Cairns Marine sat down to enjoy dinner and discuss future joint collaborative efforts. Cairns Marine, based in Australia, followed suit when Flying Sharks started its Research Fund, in 2008, and now offers similar funding opportunities to its clients. Left to right: João Correia, Lyle Squire Jr., Laura Simmons.
April 2012
April 2012 After RAW we flew to New York for a few meetings on another cool project we're working on and grabbed some pictures of the brand new Freedom Tower that's rising rapidly where the World Trade Center used to be.
April 2012
April 2012 Because money is tight we stayed at a cozy B & B on the Upper East side. Doesn't this picture make you feel like Carrie Bradshaw, from Sex and the City, is going to cross the street any second??
April 2012
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